Module manager: Dr Alex Ding
Email: A.Ding@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
| ELU5001M | Participants, Practices and Pedagogies in Academic Communica |
| ELU5002M | Knowledge, Politics and Cultures in Academia |
This module is not approved as an Elective
By completing this module, you will obtain an in-depth critical understanding of the many factors that influence professional development of the self and the field as well as of developing the knowledge, skills and attributes to contribute to the field through scholarship.
In this module you will develop an understanding of factors influencing professional development of the self and the field and an understanding of approaches to professional development that enhances practitioner agency through a focus on expertise, knowledge and practices.
This module also focuses on practitioner scholarship. We will examine the concept of scholarship and related concepts, such as practitioner research. We will also examine the purposes of scholarship, ways of conducting scholarship and of contributing to the field.
We will analyse the relationship between scholarship and student education, how scholarship informs and is informed by teaching materials, pedagogy, syllabus and assessment.
Pedagogical knowledge:
1. Apply theory and research to the roles of professional development and scholarship in teaching and professional practices. Discipline knowledge:
2. demonstrate an understanding of contributions to the field that practitioners can make.
3. analyse current issues in professional development and scholarship within the field of EAP.
Skills Learning Outcomes
Research and professional competency:
4. Employ a self-directed approach to professional development and to a scholarship-informed teaching and learning.
5. Present work as a contribution to scholarship within a discipline.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 2 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Lectures | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| seminars | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Independent online learning hours | 20 | ||
| Private study hours | 109 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 21 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
Academic development plan
Draft of Annotated bibliography
Draft of Poster
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Poster Presentation | 50 |
| Coursework | Annotated Bibliography | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 03/03/2025
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